1. surprisingly simple to make2. surprisingly delicious3. able to give me a sense of the fundamentals of soup making4. flexible - i.e. I can branch out with the recipe to make different sorts of soups.

If you have more general thoughts about soups, that's fine, but please let's keep this particular thread super narrow. Please: only replies which fit all four of the above!

If there's been a similar thread (and I'm imagining there has been, though I've not been able to find it), I'd love a link!